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Cold War rhetoric : strategy, metaphor, and ideology / Martin J. Medhurst ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Rhetoric & Public Affairs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cold War.
- Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.
- Rhetoric.
- English language--United States--Rhetoric.
- English language.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- United States.
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Soviet Union.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Edition:
- [Rev. ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Cold War Rhetoric is the first book in over twenty years to bring a sustained rhetorical critique to bear on central texts of the Cold War. The rhetorical texts that are the subject of this book include speeches by Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, the Murrow- McCarthy confrontation on CBS, the speeches and writings of peace advocates, and the recurring theme of unAmericanism as it has been expressed in various media throughout the Cold War years. Each of the authors brings to his texts a particular approach to rhetorical criticism-strategic, metaphorical, or ideological. Ea
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Strategy
- pt. 2. Metaphor
- pt. 3. Ideology
- pt. 4. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-222) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-62895-187-7
- 0-87013-937-1
- 0-585-18825-4
- OCLC:
- 44958574
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